A Combinatorial Approach to the Asymmetric Exclusion Process (ASEP)

A Combinatorial Approach to the Asymmetric Exclusion Process (ASEP)

Probability Seminar
Jan 27, 2010, 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM | 330 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Lauren Williams, Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley (Speaker)
The ASEP is a model from statistical mechanics which describes a system of interacting particles hopping left and right on a one-dimensional lattice of n sites with open boundaries. In the bulk, the rate of hopping left is q times the rate of hopping right, and particles may enter and exit at both sides of the lattice at rates alpha, beta, gamma, and delta. We introduce some new...